Travel & Accomodations

Flight

Santo Domingo Airport, Las Americas. (SDQ)

This is the best place to fly into. It will take you around 2 hours to get to Samana or Las Terrenas either by car or bus. This is the closest airport and the only one with direct buses to here. There are several options in Santo Domingo for renting cars. Please scroll down for more information on the buses.

Travel Note

Bus from Santo Domingo to Las Terrenas.

Cost: 375 pesos per person ($7 US dollars, 70 sek) The bus has a pickup station close to the airport. Take a taxi there, it is less than a 10 min drive and will cost between 10-15 dollars. Make sure you agree on a price before getting in their car. The price for taxi is never per person, but per car. Tell the taxi driver you are going to "La entrada de la autopista Juan Pablo Duarte, para la parada de Las Terrenas." Most of the airport taxi drivers will speak good english. On their website you can scroll down to the last image and see how close it is to airport. Here are the time schedule and phone numbers to bus drivers. 8.30am, 9.30am, 11am, 1.40pm, 3pm, 6pm. Please Note: the time is when bus leaves station in Santo Domingo central. It will take the bus another 30 min to reach your pickup point. Phone: (829 882 8666), (829 222 0366) To go to their website please click the "view" button below.

Travel Note

Bus from Santo Domingo to Samana.

Cost: 400 pesos per person ($7.5 US dollars or 75 sek) For you traveling to Samana you will be taking Caribe tour bus. They also have a pickup station close to the airport. Take a taxi there, it is less than a 10 min drive and will cost between 10-15 dollars. Make sure you agree on a price before getting in their car. The price is never per person, but per car. Tell the taxi driver you are going to "La parada de Caribe Tours, en la entrada de la autopista Juan Pablo Duarte." Most of the airport taxi drivers will speak good english. These are the departure times: 7am, 9.30am, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 4pm, 4.30pm. Please Note: the times are departure from Santo Domingo city center. It will take the bus another 30 min to reach your pickup point. To go to their website please click the "view" button below.

Rental Car

Do you want a brother to pick you up?

If you would like a local brother to pick you up at the airport and take you to your place then send an email to sandra.c.hedstrom@gmail.com for a price quote. Price will include a rental car, 1.000 pesos worth of road toll and gas.

House Or Rental

Air B&B

There are plenty of options for air bnb in the area. Our recommendation would be to find something in Las Terrenas, there are more and better options there and Las Terrenas is a somewhat more tourist oriented town. Also the only town close by that has proper grocery stores. And you have a good variety of restaurants there too. Or if you would prefer to live in Samana, get a place a little outside of city center which can be quite noisy with music and such. As always with Air Bnb, read all the ratings and reviews very carefully and communicate well with the owner prior to arriving.

Hotel

Hotels and Resorts

There are plenty of different hotels, hostels and all inclusive resorts to choose from in Las Terrenas in all different price ranges. We would not recommend Samana for Hotel stays unless you would choose one of the all inclusive resorts. Also here it is important to read people's ratings and reviews of the hotel. We have found that hotels.com and bookings.com has the best deals. Also cheapcarribean.com have great flashsales and offers at times so it can really pay off to check in with them on a regular basis prior to booking a place.

House Or Rental

El Proyecto

There is a very cute gated community here where Sandra and others in the congregation lives, that offers simple and affordable housing. El Proyecto is only a 5 min drive from our Kingdom Hall. It is usually very quiet but sometimes you can hear the music from a distance up by the main road. The community has a pool and a guarded beach. There is 24/7 security and there is a small kiosk in here that offers the basics and also sells breakfast, lunch and sometimes also dinner to very affordable prices. Most people who live here are retired Italians and they have a policy that no music or disturbing noises can be made after 10pm by those living here. Power does go out every day between 12 and 4pm. Most rental houses here have backup batteries for these hours but they will not be able to power larger things for example the fridge. Prices vary greatly but normally around $300 a month. Email sandra.c.hedstrom@gmail.com if you want contacts to house owners that rent out places.